Legal Opinion
AARP v. American Family Prepaid Legal Corp., Inc.
District Court, M.D. North Carolina
Decided February 25, 2009No. 1:12-m-00014PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
THOMAS D. SCHROEDER, District Judge.
This is an action by AARP against providers of certain financial services and their marketing firms and principals for allegedly engaging in a scheme to unlawfully pass off their services as AARP-endorsed. The Amended Complaint alleges violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (federal “RICO”), 18 U.S.C. § 1962 (2000), and its North Carolina analog, N.C. Gen.Stat. § 75D-1-14 (2007) (state “RICO”), the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1114, 1125, the North Carolina unfair and deceptive trade practice statute,…
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